The Breath of God

I'm thinking of Genesis where God recorded His work. "and the evening and morning were the first, second, third... day" on throughout the six days of Creation. And He added each time "and it was good." He spoke the world into being with His breath the light, heaven and earth, plants, sun and moon, creatures of the sea and sky, beasts of the earth, in response to His words - "Let there be..." "The stillest hour of the (sixth) night had come, the hour before dawn, when the world seem(ed) to hold its breath." The moment when God created man out of the dust of the ground. He breathed into the nostrils of man - the breath of life. Thus, man became a living soul made in the image of God.. And God said, "It is not good for man to be alone." He took one rib from man and made him a mate When Adam woke up he said, "she shall be called woman." I pause almost daily to re-think this awesome thought: We have the very breath of God for that is what life is, life eternal, never to end, unlike the rest of creation - There will be a new heaven and new earth, but man is eternal. quote used with variation is by poet Kate Chopin (1899) November 12, 2022